But Chopra, 33, isn't just an Indian actress anymore. Since the premiere of ABC's FBI drama "Quantico," she has been getting a lot of attention for becoming the first South Asian actress to lead an American series. And now, she's one of the most influential people in the world.

When "Quantico" first premiered, most Americans had no clue that she was already a big deal in India. Not only did she place at the Miss India pageant, but she went on to win Miss World. She then had a successful career as a film actress in Bollywood.

In addition to her role as Alex Parrish on "Quantico," she is involved in issues like education, hunger, and equal rights for women.

Priyanka Chopra's parents were doctors in the Indian army. They moved a lot and Priyanka even attended the 10th-grade in Boston, where she said she was bullied. "It broke my spirit," she says. "It made me question who I was. Why was it so uncool being Indian?"

Chopra's mother entered her in the Miss India pageant. She actually placed second, but went on to Miss World and won.

Chopra is a huge fan of Instagram, on which she has more than 6.5 million followers.

Before "Quantico," Chopra may have been best known to Americans for her song "In My City," which featured artist will.i.am and was the theme song for "Thursday Night Football" in 2013. Her second single, "Exotic," featured Pitbull.

Chopra landed the lead role in ABC's "Quantico," playing an FBI agent in training who finds herself in the middle of a terrorist attack in New York City.

In 2003, Chopra made her first Bollywood movie, "The Hero: Love Story of a Spy." Chopra has starred in more than 50 Indian films, taking on the roles of a model, a boxer, and an autistic teenager.

Chopra attends the 10th-annual Dubai International Film Festival on December 13, 2013, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.(Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for DIFF)

In 2008's "Fashion," Chopra played a model and received backlash from the media, which accused her of trying to lose weight for the part. She said that she actually had to gain weight and then lose it as the film progressed. Since then, Chopra has been an advocate for positive body image, telling InStyle, "I believe in a woman having curves."

She began writing an opinion column, "The Priyanka Chopra Column," for the Hindustan Times in 2009. She wrote several controversial columns regarding women's lives and safety in the country. She also writes a column for Elle.

She will appear as villain Victoria Leeds in the 2017 "Baywatch" reboot movie.

She is a spokeswoman for the UN's Girl Up campaign and an ambassador for Girl Rising, the global campaign for female education. "Every girl should have the opportunity to reach her full potential," she said.

The tattoo on her wrist reads "Daddy's lil girl" in her father’s handwriting. Chopra credits her father for a lot of her confidence. "My father always told me, 'You should not want to fit into someone else's glass slipper. You should shatter the glass ceiling,'" she said.

She started The Priyanka Chopra Foundation for Health and Education, which currently covers educational and medical expenses for 70 children in India. "I can't eradicate poverty, but at least for the people around me, I can help make sure no child is denied a dream," she said in an interview with Glamour.

Chopra, in Mumbai, with 10 of the 70 children she puts through school.Glamour